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However, Mr Johnson’s Brexit vision differs from the plan set out by Philip Hammond and other cabinet ministers - who have expressed a desire to keep close to the single market and pay money to maintain access.

Mr Johnson has claimed that exiting the EU must “logically entail” leaving the single market, the customs union and the European Court of Justice.

Whitehall sources have reportedly suggested that Theresa May and Philip Hammond were unaware of his article.

On immigration, the Foreign Secretary said businesses “will no longer be able to use immigration as an excuse not to invest in the young people of this country” but will be able to access skills they need.

On trade, he claimed that Britain will be able to “get on and do free trade deals” around the world, especially with Commonwealth countries.

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The Conservative Cabinet member also said Britain should use the “opportunity of Brexit to reform our tax system” and highlighted that the Bank of England’s chief economist said in 2015 that the system is “skewed so as to discourage investment”.

He said Britain will “keep environmental and social protections that are fair and wise”, but will ditch EU regulations that he says cost the country anything between 4 and 7 per cent of GDP.

He added: “Outside the EU there are obvious opportunities… in the setting of indirect taxation. At the stroke of a pen, the Chancellor will be able to cut VAT on tampons; often demanded by parliament but – absurdly – legally impossible to deliver.”

In his article, Mr Johnson also blasted those who tried to stop the Leave vote, such as “the government, the BBC, Barack Obama, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the CBI [Confederation of British Industry], every major political party and much of the media”.

He also accused Jeremy Corbyn of “chickening out” of Brexit with his party’s plan to stay in the single market and customs union.

Speaking of Mr Corbyn, he said: “In other words, he would make a complete mockery of Brexit, and turn an opportunity into a national humiliation.

“It would be the worst of both worlds, with the UK turned into a vassal state – taking direction from the EU, but with no power to influence the EU’s decisions.”

Mr Johnson’s words have come less than a week before Theresa May delivers a key Brexit speech in Florence.